| First transcribed
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8 March 2018 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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63 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/68 +
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| Side
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Recto +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 08/03/2018 +
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| Transcription
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The eleaventh day of November .1653.
The … The eleaventh day of November .1653.
The Keepers of the Liberty et cetera against}<br />
the ''Golden Star'' Mich van Lubkin master}
Examined upon the sayd allegation.
'''8'''
'''Captain Giles Shelly''' Commander of the ''Water hound''<br />
''frigot'' in the immediat service of this Commonwealth aged<br />
44 yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined<br />
deposeth and saith as followeth. videlicet.
To the first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth nynth and<br />
tenth articles of the sayd allegation This deponent saith, that he this<br />
deponent being Commander of the ''Waterhound frigot'' in the immediate<br />
service of this Commonwealth did upon the 23th day of ffebruary<br />
1652 last past heare and discerne att a good distance neere to the English<br />
shoare towards Beachy two shipps in fight one against the other<br />
and thereupon sayling towards the (sic) saw that one of them did weare the<br />
Colours of this Commonwealth upon the poope and boltspritt end, and that<br />
the other that fought against her was a tall large shipp wearing in<br />
her main topmast head a Redd flagg with the picture of a hand and<br />
sword therein, and an ancyent of like nature, which shipp had as<br />
appeared to this deponent worsted the other shipp that wore this Commonwealths<br />
Colours. And saith that he this deponent with the ''Waterhound frigott''<br />
wearing the Colours of this Commonwealth about noone of the same day<br />
came upp with the sayd shipps and found that the sayd woorsted shipp that<br />
wore the Colours of this Commonwealth was the arlate frogot the<br />
''Advantage'' commannded by Captaine Mill in the immediat service of<br />
this Commonwealth and that the other shipp which most part of that forenoone<br />
had fought against the ''Advantage'' and had still upp her flagg of<br />
defiance and ancient aforementioned, was the arlate shipp the<br />
''Golden Starr'' or ''Morning Starr'' which he then did and still doth take to<br />
be an enemy shipp. And saith that notwithstanding this deponents frigot<br />
had and wore out the Parliament Colours and that there were two or<br />
three other of this Commonwealths shipps in sight wearing likewise<br />
the Parliaments Colours yet the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr'' did upon the<br />
English Coast and with in [?XXXXX] or thereabouts of the English shoare fire upon<br />
the ''Waterhound'' and fought with her and wounded one of his quartermasters<br />
in his head and neck so as he is still in great danger of life and not<br />
like to recover of the sayd wounds, and likewise the Gunner of the sayd<br />
shipp in his legg, and did not nor would submitt to the ''Water hound'' till<br />
she was boarded and by force subdued by her, and saith that after boarding<br />
and calling for quarter some of the sayd ''Golden Starrs'' men continued the<br />
fight and shott the boatswayne of the ''Waterhound'' in his Arme with a<br />
pistoll or small shott and saith the premisses notwithstanding and that the sayd<br />
''Golden starr'' waas att length subdued yet they continued upp their sayd<br />
flagg and Ancyent of defiance and the same were not taken downe<br />
till some of this deponents Company Cutt the same downe. And this<br />
deponent moreover saith that he verily beleiveth that the Master and Company of the sayd shipp<br />
the ''Golden Starr'' did well know observe ad see that the sayd ''Advantage''<br />
''frigot'', and this deponents sayd frigot were shipps of warr of this<br />
Commonwealths of warr of this<br />
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